What do children do with bean bags?

Handmade beanbags are much more than just toys. They encourage discovery, feeling, imagination, and movement. Our beanbags are suitable for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, older children, and even for relaxing moments for adults.

Each bag is carefully crafted from Oeko-Tex-certified fabrics and filled with pure cherry stones. This makes them safe, sustainable, and CE-certified according to European EN71 standards.

Sensory play with bean bags

Sensory play is an important part of a child's development. With bean bags, children can feel, knead, and listen to the gentle rustle of cherry pits. This way, they learn about different textures, weights, and sounds in a natural way.

Sensory play with bean bags helps children de-stress, focus better, and improve their self-regulation. It stimulates the imagination and also has a calming effect. Many children experience the bean bags as a soft stress ball that feels pleasant in their hands.

Playing with beanbags is soothing, educational and relaxing.

Fantasy and open-ended play with beanbags

The power of open-ended toys lies in their lack of fixed rules. Children are encouraged to use their imaginations, making their play unique and creative.

At Pit and Play, we see children transforming beanbags into magical stones, treasures, doll pillows, ice cream cones, or even animal friends. Each child creates their own story and interprets the play differently each time.

The beanbags can be perfectly combined with Stapelstein discs in rainbow or pastel shades to further expand the play possibilities.

Movement and motor development with bean bags

Bean bags contribute to children's motor development. They stimulate balance, coordination, and body awareness.

Children can throw, catch, balance on their heads or arms, follow a course, or move the bags with their feet. These forms of play support the development of balance, strength, and teamwork. Toddlers and preschoolers, in particular, benefit from these forms of movement that combine learning and movement.

Learning through play with beanbags

Playing is learning. With beanbags, children discover colors, shapes, patterns, and quantities without it feeling like practice.

They can count beanbags, sort them by color, create patterns, or even experience temperature, for example, by gently heating or cooling them under supervision. This way, children combine play with learning in a natural and relaxing way.

Playing and learning with beanbags promotes logical thinking, concentration and creativity.

Play inspiration with beanbags

There are countless ways children can play with bean bags. They can toss them into a basket, sort them by color, balance with a bean bag on their head, or complete a course. Bean bags can be used in a race, as part of a cooking game, or during a break to destress.

They can serve as ingredients in imaginative play, be hidden for a treasure hunt, or be used for counting and pattern making. During a mini-sports day, beanbags can serve as targets or markers. Some children use them as "treasures" in combination with sand, baskets, or building blocks.

The possibilities are endless and adapt to the child's age and imagination.

Why choose Pit and Play bean bags?

At Pit and Play, we focus on stimulating, exploring, and stimulating the imagination. Our sensory beanbags offer endless playtime fun and contribute to the development of both young and older children.

The bean bags are handmade in the Netherlands and are safe thanks to their CE marking, Oeko-Tex-certified fabrics, and compliance with the EN71 toy standard. They are durable, naturally filled with cherry stones, and suitable for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and adults. They also combine perfectly with Stapelstein, play mats , Dobbelsteen , and other Pit and Play products.

Beanbags are much more than just toys. They offer calm, fun, and stimulate development. From the moment a baby can grasp until adulthood, beanbags remain interesting, educational, and relaxing.

Discover Pit and Play's collection of handmade beanbags and experience how one simple bag provides endless fun, tranquility, and imagination.